The IDFC — which could eventually incorporate US Exim — will see the US try to take on the Chinese development banks at their own game. TXF asks how that will play out...

A wave of new trade hires has provided Bank of America Merrill Lynch with an opportunity to focus on its strengths and leverage inherent advantages over competitors. TXF...

The 2019 expiration of the Investment Tax Credit is unlikely to put the dampers on a US offshore wind sector that looks set to take off.

Making sense of the bigger picture of the state of the global commodity markets is no easy task. But here, Jonathan Bell meets up with a long-time friend and real...

Soon to make the move to New York from his current base in Dubai, Ahmet Bekçe, the newly appointed head of global export and agency finance origination in Citi’s Trade...

Live polling at the BAFT International Trade Conference in Chicago provided a revealing snapshot of sentiment across a number of current market issues in trade and...

Citi extended its participation in the IFC's Global Trade Liquidity Program (GTLP) this summer, almost a decade after its inception. TXF spoke with John Ahearn, global...

With Sibos 2018 underway, Nancy Amert, director of CGI’s Trade Innovation Lab, and Rory Kaplan, director and offering manager of trade and supply chain at CGI, share...

A ground-breaking $1 billion synthetic securitisation by the AfDB could serve as the template for unlocking trillions of dollars of investment for emerging markets...

According to 167 capital equipment exporters surveyed by TXF and Clevis Research, EDC was top performing ECA In 2017. But much of the competition was poor, with many ECAs...

TXF/Clevis' latest survey of 167 capital equipment exporters shows improved delivery year-on-year from all export finance banks. Credit Agricole is cited as top global...

Based on feedback from 53 major importers from across the globe. UniCredit is the top performing import finance bank, according to the TXF/Clevis Research second annual...

Export credit agencies improved the quality and delivery of their service in 2017, according to TXF/Clevis Research’s survey of 53 major capital-equipment importers.

The reintroduction of US sanctions on Iran has got export financiers questioning the extent of their export credit agencies’ support. What is covered and what is not? The...

Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 plan to open up its economy to private investment is progressing – albeit slowly. But while PPP development in the centralised state was always...

Ahead of TXF New York 2018, Patricia Gomes, managing director and head of global trade and receivables finance for North America at HSBC, spoke with TXF about how a...

Peru’s investment grade rating and favourable legal framework for foreign investment has helped build its investment promotion agency ProInversion's $11 billion PPP...

In an uncertain and fast-changing trade environment, the challenge for big banks is to be able to adapt quickly to new market realities, while also staying at the...

Reverse factoring has been implicated in the demise of two of Europe’s largest corporations – Abengoa and Carillion. Can the holes in reverse factoring accounting...

Precious metals trading is a tough market to survive in without a bulging balance sheet. But in just 14 years Auramet has gone from zero to $11 billion in revenue and has...